Unnecessary Sports Movie Sequels

Though the idea that there can be "too much of a good thing" is worthy of debate, movie studios seem to believe that there can neverbe too much of anything—particularly when it comes to making a sequel to a moderately successful flick.

While some movies are launched with every intention to make it a franchise, more often than not, the sequels fail to be as good as the original (with some notable exceptions of course).

And considering that this trend is fairly consistent, regardless of the quality of the first film, the sequel can be a lot of awful heaped onto bad.

Sports movies—in particular—seem to suffer from this phenomenon. Few films about something sports-related seem geared toward a sequel and there are plenty of bad movies that should have never been made to begin with (let alone, allowed to multiply).

Sometimes a sports flick's sequel is a bald cash grab riding the coattails of a solid, successful film. Other times it's just one of those bad sequels we've come to expect. Or, maybe it's just a head-scratcher.

D3: The Mighty Ducks

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In D3: The MightyDucks,the Ducks are taken out of the fake world where they’re good enough to beat the 'Hawks and represent the U.S. at the Goodwill Games and put into the even faker world of private school. Naturally, they encounter cheaply manufactured obstacles and people being excessively and needlessly mean to them, only to overcome it all in the end.

The Next Karate Kid

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Released a decade after the original, The Next Karate Kid is part sequel, part reboot—100 percent unwanted. Part four of the series changes it up, replacing Daniel LaRusso with Julie Pierce. The story returns to high school, with all kinds of extra added estrogen-induced angst.

Who’s Out: Ralph Macchio

Who’s In: Hilary Swank

Best Terrible Review Quote: “Not that girls will go see this or boys will care.”

Bring It On: All or Nothing

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How a mediocre cheerleader movie spawned four sequels is anybody’s guess. Even if they were all direct-to-video, the fact that these things even exist is a testament to the fact that people will watch anything if you throw some cheerleaders into the mix. All or Nothing is basically the story of what would have happened to Torrance Shipman, had she moved to East Compton, rather than just snaking the Clovers’ routines.

Who’s Out: The entire cast from both the original and the various sequels before

Who’s In: Hayden Panettiere, Solange Knowles, Rihanna

Best Terrible Review Quote: “If those are my choices, I’ll go with ‘nothing.’”

Caddyshack II

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Caddyshack II was released eight years after the original classic came out in 1980. For some unknown reason (which must have been drugs) Chevy Chase decided to come back. For obvious reasons, nobody else did. Considering the lazily similar story and location, it’s impressive how much worse the sequel actually was.

Who's Out: Billy Murray, Rodney Dangerfield

Who's In: Jackie Mason, Robert Stack, Randy Quaid, Dan Akroyd

Best Terrible Review Quote: “It’s patronizing and clumsily manipulative, and top banana Jackie Mason is upstaged by the gopher puppet.”

Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice

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The best thing that can be said about Slapshot 2 is that it waited 25 years to desecrate the original. The worst thing is that the legendary Paul Newman lived long enough to see himself replaced by the likes of the legendarily wretched Stephen Baldwin.

Who’s Out: Paul Newman

Who’s In: Stephen Baldwin

Best Terrible Review Quote: “I was sent a copy of this film to review on DVD. For free. I still want my money back.”

Best Terrible Movie Quote: “Jesus Christ Claremont, you promised us a f-----g family show! This is Apocalypse Now…on ice.”

Herbie Rides Again

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Surprisingly enough the sequel to The Love Bug was relatively well-received by critics—at least according to critics on RottenTomatoes decades after the fact—but the audience didn’t seem particularly fond of it. And, given what I’ve seen from clips online, I can’t really blame them.

Teen Wolf Too

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The studio must have been absolutely stunned that Teen Wolf was a hit, given what a huge heaping pile of cinematic garbage it was. So you can’t really blame them for trying to catch garbage juice lightning in a bottle a second time two years later. That being said, trading in Michael J. Fox for Jason Bateman and basketball for boxing took away far more from the appeal than the suits had imagined.

Who’s Out: Michael J. Fox

Who’s In: Jason Bateman

Best Terrible Review Quote(s): “Why? Oh, God, whyyyyyy?” and “Dismal. The first one wasn’t great either.” and “The sequel the world was crying for.”

The Sandlot 2

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The 1993 classic The Sandlot is one of the most beloved and nostalgia-inducing movies of an entire generation. The movie looks much the same as the original in terms of scenery, but the big conflict is centered on the “indignity” of having to play baseball with girls! Can you even imagine?

Major League: Back to the Minors

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Nine years after the release of the original Major League, this nightmare of a film was released, making a trilogy out of a movie that should’ve ended after the first. The underdog story continues in Back to the Minors, only this time the owner is former bad guy Roger Dorn, who was far more likable as a villain.

Who’s Out: Almost no one

Who’s In: Almost everyone, including Scott Bakula

Best Terrible Review Quote: “Unwatchable drivel,” … “And you thought it couldn’t get worse than Part 2.”

Rocky V

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RockyV is kind of like the other movies, in that there is some boxing happening around all the melodrama. The big difference is that Rocky isn’t doing the boxing anymore, because he has devastating brain damage.

Who’s Out: Who knows

Who’s In: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire and Sage Stallone

Best Terrible Review Quote: “In Rocky V, the underdog is officially diagnosed as ‘brain damaged.’ Yo. So what else is new?”